History Main / ExplosivePunch

* ''Franchise/Pokémon'': First appearing in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' is the move "Dynamic Punch", in which the user punches the opponent with all their strength. Later generations would illustrate the force of this attack with an explosion animation. This ties back to the move's original Japanese name, Bakuretsu[[note]]Explosive[[/note]] Punch.

* ''Franchise/Pokemon'': First appearing in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' is the move "Dynamic Punch", in which the user punches the opponent with all their strength. Later generations would illustrate the force of this attack with an explosion animation. This ties back to the move's original Japanese name, Bakuretsu[[note]]Explosive[[/note]] Punch.

* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' Linna Yamazaki's Hardsuit comes equipped with "Knuckle Bombers" (small explosive charges) on its right hand allowing her to add explosive damage to her punches when utilised.

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** Finally, ''Completing the Mission''[='s=] "Capital Gains" route brings the gag to a tasteful conclusion. Henry and Ellie have to fight the Right Hand Man Reborn, and the correct option is replicating an iconic smash clip, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_imYhNoQ4 The Wombo Combo]]". They finish it off with their "Stickmin Pawnch", which finally succeeds and kills the Right Hand Man again.

** One of the options in the first proper phase of the "Unseen Burglar" route from ''Stealing the Diamond'' is to make Henry attempt to do the Falcon Punch against a night security guard, only to interrupt when he notices that smoke is simply coming out of his fist. To quote the fail screen immediately shown afterwards:

** Finally, ''Completing the Mission''[='s=] "Capital Gains" route brings the gag to a tasteful conclusion. Henry and Ellie have to fight the Right Hand Man Reborn, and the correct option is replicating an iconic smash clip, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_imYhNoQ4 The Wombo Combo]]". Henry finishes it off with his "Stickmin Pawnch", which finally succeeds and kills the Right Hand Man again.

* The ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' has parodied Captain Falcon's Falcon Punch and similar moves of his thrice.

** ''Fleeing the Complex''[='s=] "Convict Allies" route has the KNEE, in which Henry blasts out Grigori and (accidentally) Ellie with Captain Falcon's namesake explosive knee attack. This is followed by a "YOU WIN, PERFECT" message taken directly from ''VideoGame/StreetFighter2 Turbo'' as Henry smiles awkwardly, which the fail screen lampshades:

** Finally, ''Completing the Mission''[='s=] "Capital Gains" route brings the running gag to a tasteful conclusion. Henry and Ellie have to fight the Right Hand Man Reborn, and do so by replicating the iconic smash clip, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD_imYhNoQ4 The Wombo Combo]]. Henry finishes it off with his "Stickmin Pawnch" which finally succeeds and kills RHM again.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': When designing characters for the original game on the N64, Creator/MasahiroSakurai and the team at Creator/HALLaboratory had the freedom to go wild with Captain Falcon's moveset. He comes from ''VideoGame/FZero'', a racing game with absolutely no gameplay taking place outside of his vehicle, so there was absolutely no canon inspiration to pull from. So they gave him some basic attacks, applied the fire element to them, and had him be as flashy as possible. This design philosophy gave us the Falcon Punch, an attack where Captain Falcon winds up for a devastating punch that's powered by an explosion in the shape of an actual falcon. He also uses the Falcon Kick, which is faster but weaker than the punch, and the Knee of Justice, which explodes when connecting with the sweet spot.

* Knuckles in [[VideoGame/SonicBattle Sonic Battle]] has a power move called "Deep Impact," a slow, but destructive punch that causes an explosion when performed. If used by Emerl in conjunction with one of the more powerful "Attack Boost" skill cards, it can potentially cause a OneHitKill on contact.

* Knuckles in [[VideoGame/SonicBattle Sonic Battle]] has a power move called "Deep Impact," a slow, but destructive punch that causes an explosion when performed.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': [[Characters/MyHeroAcademiaKatsukiBakugo Katsuki Bakugo's]] quirk lets him sweat nitroglycerin from his palms. He uses his explosive sweat primarily to propel himself towards his enemies and pound them with palm strikes.

* ''Series/UltramanMebius'' has the titular Ultra's Lightning Counter, a supercharged punch which results in an explosion capable of taking out the MonsterOfTheWeek, as one of his many abilities.

** One of the options in the first proper phase of the "Unseen Burglar" route from ''Stealing the Diamond'' is make Henry attempt to do the Falcon Punch against a night security guard, only to interrupt when he notices that smoke is simply coming out of his fist. To quote the fail screen immediately shown afterwards:

* ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'': The Splashdown special has the Inkling jump into the air and slam down with a punch that causes an explosion of ink that'll kill anyone in it's radius while also inking the surrounding turf very well.
* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterV'': G's "Smash" attacks have him rushing forward to deliver a explosive punch powered by magma. They get even stronger and explode-ier the more he builds his Presidentiality.

** {{Superboss}} [[spoiler:Minos Prime]] has an [[ThatOneAttack especially infamous]] explosive ''dropkick''. In his case it's unknown if it's a matter of [[spoiler:soul power]] or if (much like his debris-scattering {{Flash Step}}s) it's just a matter of him hitting ''that hard''.

* ''Franchise/LeagueOfLegends'': Sett's "Haymaker" channels all of his strength and magical energy into a single, destructive punch that reaches way past the plausible range for your average haymaker. It also deals true damage, meaning he's punching right through his opponents' armor and other defenses.

** [[BoxingBattler Ideo's]] Destruction Cannon, his signature technique, is powerful enough to send an unconscious giant flying a few meters. Being a member of the [[CreepilyLongArms Longarm Tribe]], Ideo's arms have two elbows; the secret to his technique involves pushing his first elbow to his shoulder, then decompressing the arm as he punches his target for added force.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk is a technique where he uses Armament Haki as a method of igniting his fist, causing a violent explosion on impact with his target.

All good hand to hand fights are decided by how effectively one guy can punch the other guy. Fantastical fistfights usually go the extra mile, with the combatants [[ElementalPunch applying some elemental affinity to their punches]]. Somehow, putting literal firepower into your hands isn't overkill enough, so some people will go even further beyond, having their fists actually detonate on impact. Obviously applying the element of [[PlayingWithFire fire]] is a very effective method of adding that explosive touch to your fisticuffs. However, don't disregard the people who are just so strong that they can punch things hard enough to explode just by force of impact.

Note that while the majority of examples are punch based, explosive kick examples are allowed and encouraged.

* ''Anime/FZeroGPLegend'': Captain Falcon's moveset from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' was so iconic and inseperable from him, that it made its way back into ''F-Zero'', with the Falcon Punch making an explosive return in the GrandFinale of this anime adaptation.

* ''Series/UltramanMebius'' has the titular Ultra's Lightning Counter, a supercharged punch which results in an explosion capable of taking out the MonsterOfTheWeek as one of his many abilities.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'': At the climax following the boss fight against the Titan enhanced Joker, Batman sprays his fist with explosive gel then punches the Joker in the face, the force detonating the gel, the explosion knocks the Joker out cold.

* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'': The "Blood Punch" has Doomslayer strike with a ton of built up energy, resulting in a blast that can one-shot most basic enemies. It can only be used once he's charged up enough energy by performing Glory Kills.

-->'''Blitzwing''': I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: ''GIVE ME SOME WARNING BEFORE YOU USE ZE PUNCH!''

All good hand to hand fights are decided by how effectively one guy can punch the other guy. Fantastical Fistfights usually go the extra mile, with the combatants applying some elemental affinity to their punches. Somehow, putting literal firepower into your hands isn't overkill enough, so some people will go even further beyond, having their fists actually detonate on impact. Obviously applying the element of [[PlayingWithFire fire]] is a very effective method of adding that explosive touch to your fisticuffs. However, don't disregard the people who are just so strong that they can punch things hard enough to explode just by force of impact.

All good hand to hand fights are decided by how effectively one guy can punch the other guy. Fantastical Fistfights usually go the extra mile, with the combatants applying some elemental affinity to their punches. Somehow, putting literal firepower into your hands isn't overkill enough, so some people will go even further beyond, having their firsts actually detonate on impact. Obviously applying the element of [[PlayingWithFire fire]] is a very effective method of adding that explosive touch to your fisticuffs. However, don't disregard the people who are just so strong that they can punch things hard enough to explode just by force of impact.

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* ''Anime/FZeroGPLegend'': Captain Falcon's moveset from Smash Bros. was so iconic and inseperable from him, that it made it's way back into F-Zero, with the Falcon Punch making an explosive return in the GrandFinale of this anime adapation.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': When designing characters for the original game on the N64, Creator/MasahiroSakurai and the team at Creator/HALLaboratory had the freedom to go wild with Captain Falcon's moveset. He comes from a racing game with absolutely no gameplay taking place outside of his vehicle, so there was absolutely no canon inspiration to pull from. So they gave him some basic attacks, applied the fire element to them, and had him be as flashy as possible. This design philosophy gave us the Falcon Punch, an attack where Captain Falcon winds up for a devastating punch that's powered by an explosion in the shape of an actual falcon. He also uses the Falcon Kick, which is faster but weaker than the punch, and the Knee of Justice, which explodes when connecting with the sweet spot.
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